Industry News

Cargo thieves are gearing up to take advantage of the opportunities the season offers. The number of cargo thefts is significantly higher during time periods surrounding national holidays, according to CargoNet, a company that collects and analyzes cargo-theft data and helps carriers prevent thefts.  

In 2011, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. auto logistics challenged Virginia Transportation Corporation to develop an environmentallyâ€friendly solution for the transport of vehicles from Honda’s Lincoln, Alabama Manufacturing Facility. Mr. Leo Doire, Owner and CEO of

J.B. Hunt, the fifth largest carrier in the country, announced an expansion of its facilities and the creation of numerous new jobs recently. The Lowell, Ark.-based company last week said it’s building a 133,000 square-foot office building at its headquarters and creating 1,000 jobs over the next six years. 

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has filed a petition with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals asking it to review the agency’s coming electronic logging device mandate, unveiled last week and set to take effect in late 2017. 

A proposed federal rule that would give the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration another means to score and target unsafe carriers has cleared the White House’s Office of Management and Budget.   

The judge overseeing a class action lawsuit against FedEx Ground over its classification of certain drivers as independent contractors instead of employees has approved the company’s June-announced $228 million settlement 

The U.S. House’s Transportation Committee released Oct. 15 a six-year, $325 billion long-term highway funding bill that would if law remove carrier rankings in the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program from public view and set up a pilot program for under-21 

When the driver turnover rate at Milan Supply Chain Solutions surpassed 100 percent this year, management analyzed its data to understand why.

A Department of Transportation agency this week said it has begun work to determine whether it will pursue a federal rule to require new trucks to be equipped with crash avoidance systems that automatically brake without driver input.